Anyone here, celebrate the mid-autumn festival? I’ve celebrated once before with friends, and this will be my second time. (Yeah I know it’s already past) but I’ll be celebrating with friends on Oct. 1 
Looking forward to great Chinese cooking!
Ryu
Boy, you sure are gullible, Ryu! They can’t see the moon in China! China is on the other side of the earth, and the moon is above the USA. They didn’t even know about the moon until they started coming to the west. They thought Marco Polo was crazy, talking about the moon.
Man, some people just don’t have any common sense.
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LMAO @ CSN
Ryu. Could you please tell me what the word “urasai” means? Thank you.
already been answered.
I can translate it into mandarin if you’d like, by the way.
Ryu
My girlfriend gave me a couple of moon cakes if that counts for anything. The moon bits are a bit weird, but the rest of the cake was very tasty.
had a couple of moon cakes too…
(I love mooncakes)
I love moon cakes! We just got a new brand that doesn’t have as much of the egg and more sweet filling. As a gwailo, my tastebuds are not used to eating a dry egg yolky center. I also eat an entire cake in one shot-great when downed with milk, while everyone else cuts tiny portions off,“just for taste”. Then again, when I drink espresso, I ask for it in a normal cup,and “not one of them sissy-boy teacups”-um, I might also add, when partaking of sake at the local sushi bar, I usually end up at the end of the night with what appears to be a miniture bowling alley on the bar.
To be honest I actually like the center. Last year I was trying my dammdest to make them from scratch too… I only ended up having to have my friend snatch the dough away from me and do it right. 
This year will be better! I swear it.
Ryu
When is the moon festival?
Anyone know when it is this year?
when the moon is right. And the time comes to pass… Then and only then will the moon festival be held.
peace
Whooosh. Is that the sound of the moon festival flying past?
September 21, 2002 missed it.
oh well, thanx for the info
Er, what is the moon festival?!
Originally posted by Mat
Er, what is the moon festival?!
I think it coincides with O-Tsuki-Mi in Japan.
But it might be a bit off as the Chinese and japanese O-Bon are also held a slightly different times.
Cheers.
I like lotus paste moon cake! mmmmmmmmmmmm 
Happy mid autumn festival
It is the mid autumn festival today.
I am too tired from work.
so just ate some moon cake and shared some stories with friends.
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I was in phillie some years ago.
they had dragon/lion dance and free moon cakes.
they also had tai chi and southern fist performances.
some chinese folk songs and folk dance from kids of chinese school.
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it is a tradition holiday in china and taiwan.
no matter how far you are, you are supposed to travel back and be with your family.
if not, you are alone, some family may host you as a guest and celebrate together.
it is almost a small chinese new year.